Quarterback Drew Brees has not completed contract talks with the New Orleans Saints. Brees is due $16.4 million this season, if he signs the team's franchise tag.

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Drew Brees has a shiny new bargaining chip, and the NFL Players Association earned a victory in its offseason-long back-and-forth with the league.

According to ESPN, the New Orleans Saints quarterback and his union successfully argued to joint-appointed arbitrator Stephen Burbank that the franchise tag placed on him this season by the team counts as his second, considering his 2005 tag with the Chargers.

The league argued unsuccessfully that the language in the new collective bargaining agreement allowed one team to use the tag three times on the same player. ...